Sr. Software Architect

Location: This is a 100% remote role and open to applicants in EMEA or APAC regions, including Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Due to our compensation strategy, we are not considering applicants from high-cost-of-living locations such as Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics, and the UK.

About the job

Testlio is a leading quality management company. Its unique, AI-powered approach combines humans and machines to help digital innovators assure quality products at scale. On 600K+ real devices. In 100+ languages. With 800+ payment methods. The company is 100% remote, with people in 150+ countries. It is female-founded; approximately 46% of full-time people are women. Clients include Amazon, athenahealth, Match Group, Microsoft, the NBA, Netflix, PayPal, Uber, Wayfair, and many more.

We are hiring a Senior Software Architect to drive practical, measurable improvements in our engineering practices while designing scalable solutions that help us maintain our leadership in quality software testing services.

Why you will love this job?

• Drive measurable impact: Create and implement practical architectural solutions that demonstrably improve our engineering metrics - from reduced bugs to faster delivery times.
• Pioneer AI-augmented engineering: Lead the way in implementing smart, automated approaches that help engineering teams work more efficiently and maintain higher standards while scaling your influence across the organization.
• Champion quality excellence: Shape how 150+ engineers deliver and maintain high-quality code, leveraging modern tools and practices to ensure consistent excellence across our global platform.

Why would you love to be a part of Testlio?

• World-class quality engineering software platform: one of the market's broadest, most highly integrated, and most flexible software assets—built to leverage AI throughout.
• A true sense of belonging: the TestLion Pride is a global community of like-minded people living Testlio’s six values daily.
• Freedom to roam: Testlio is a global company that embraces flexibility. You’ll have room to work wherever within your region’s main time zones. We also want to make sure you can take time off from work to rest. We honor national holidays in your home nation and provide a generous number of days off, including personal wellness days.
• Winning business: Testlio is growing, profitable, and cash-strong. We are leading our industry with exceptional clients who provide us with a high NPS score and a 4.7 rating on G2. Our business model is global, enterprise, and subscription-based, with 85%+ of our revenue recurring. Several of our largest clients have been with us for 7+ years, and many spend $500K+/year with Testlio.
• Proven client results: Testlio’s people + software solutions expand testing coverage, improve release velocity, and contain quality assurance costs. Our unique approach (“fused software testing”) merges automated + manual testing, on-demand + dedicated resources, and quality + operations systems to unlock new levels of quality engineering value.   
• Great culture: Testlio’s is female-founded, and 46% of the population is women. Our purpose, vision, and values help drive positive mindsets and behaviors. People like working with each other and love the global scale of the company. We move fast and empower people on the frontlines to make decisions and own initiatives.
• Investment in you: Testlio is a global company, and we’ve created a few benefits that are available regardless of your location. In addition to paid time off, you can reimburse up to $300/yr for learning, you will receive stock options, and we offer an equipment policy with Testlio contributing to the bulk of the cost with regular equipment update intervals.

What would your day look like?

• Lead the design of solution blueprints and architectural decision documents, solving immediate engineering challenges while scaling for future growth.
• Define & advocate for quality standards in designing, coding, testing & documenting. Deploy AI-assisted quality gate processes that ensure best practices are followed consistently.
• Guide teams on practical architectural decisions that improve our key engineering metrics. 
• Refine frameworks for translating technical impacts into business metrics. Curate the tech debt backlog and apply prioritization based on these frameworks.
• Lead root cause analyses of complex technical issues and propose solutions for permanent fixes.
• Identify & prioritize knowledge gaps and use AI tools to find the right answers in the codebase and address them.
• Proactively disseminate knowledge & mentor other engineers in architectural best practices.

What do you need to succeed?

• Technical Skills
  
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of hands-on development experience, and another 5+ years of leading successful architectural decisions, solution blueprinting & technical design.
  • Strong affinity with our tech stack of React, TypeScript, NodeJS, GraphQL, PHP, MySQL, AWS, and Kafka.
  • Practical knowledge of architectural patterns and coding practices, particularly those pertaining to microservices and event-driven design
  • Experience with automated code analysis, quality gates, and development tooling. Track record of implementing practical solutions that improved key engineering metrics
  • Understanding AI-powered development tools and their practical applications in the SDLC is a strong plus!
• Human Skills
  
  • Fluency in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Organized and thorough with a commitment to quality.
  • Results-oriented, with data-driven decision-making and a focus on delivering impactful outcomes.
  • Strong preference for a remote working environment.
  • A passion for staying current with the latest industry trends and technologies and a drive to improve and innovate continuously.

What is the application process?

We seek to hire individuals who will be excited about their role and have the potential to grow with Testlio. Since we are 100% distributed, we need to provide you the opportunity to meet with multiple stakeholders throughout the organization. This gives you insight into the role and a chance to interact with future peers.  Our interview process can take 4+ weeks to complete as we want to ensure an excellent fit for everyone. 

• Application
• Multipart TestGorilla assessment
• Recruiter interview
• Hiring manager interview
• Reference checks 
• Live, hands-on technical system design exercise + discussion
• 2-4 stakeholder interviews
• Additional Hiring Manager connections throughout
• Offer & background check

Diversity and Inclusion

Testlio is an equal-opportunity employer deeply committed to creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are female-founded and 46% of our team identifies as women. See the DEI section of our website for more information.